Norman De Bono (The National Post): A London, Ontario industrial giant has been thrust into a federal election scrap between party leaders, and its workers — fearing their jobs could be jeopardized — aren’t happy…

Joan Bryden (The Canadian Press): The Ontario Federation of Labour is throwing unequivocal support behind Tom Mulcair’s NDP in the federal election campaign. And OFL president Sid Ryan is urging the entire labour movement to…

Laurie Monsebraaten (The Toronto Star): As federal politicians compete for the middle-class vote, a national think-tank has launched an election platform aimed at reducing the gap between Canada’s rich and poor. The four-point strategy to…

John Semley (The Toronto Star): I don’t like Margaret Thatcher. So as a progressively minded type person, it’s tricky for me to perform the mental and rhetorical gymnastics necessary to reconcile Margaret Thatcher with NDP…

The Canadian Press: One of Quebec’s largest and sovereigntist-leaning labour federations has dropped its long-standing endorsement of the Bloc Quebecois and some of its member unions are supporting the NDP, making party leader Tom Mulcair…